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Friday, December 16, 2011

Christmas is coming....

Every year, when I decorate my six foot tall Christmas tree, I think to myself... someday I would like to decorate my tree with homemade ornaments only.

That will take a lot of work.

This year, I have a small table top tree with some ornaments I've been working on and I wanted to share.

This little sock is my favorite. I am using up leftover bits of sock yarn. This is from mittens made earlier in the year.

This is my favorite sweater. It was from a little sample of yarn from the Sock Summit (sock yarn from Hazel Knit's booth). The sweater was knit from the top down and the yarn was a dream with which to knit.

The sock on the left is more yarn from Hazel Knits and the sock on the right is Crazy Zauberball yarn (leftover from socks I made for my dad).

A little cardigan (needs buttons!)

A pullover...

And another pullover.

I am sure a few more ornaments will find there way on my tree between now and Christmas. I like how making each ornament reminds me of the projects I made with the yarn originally. Little memories... little keepsakes.

It's all about knitting!

I learned to knit in October 2008, just after I turned 40. My plan is to use site to post photos of my projects... to share with family and friends and anyone else who may stumble across my corner of the World Wide Web. My other hobbies include baking, cooking, crocheting, hiking, & exercising... I often say I have so many hobbies that I have to rotate them! I am sure photos of other things that interest me will find their way on to this site as well. Maybe even a recipe or two... time will only tell!